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Discover the sole horror film produced during the Soviet era

by Anton Bitel

Viy, Konstantin Ershov and Georgiy Kropachyov’s 1967 Gothic chiller, boasts spectacular visuals and effects.
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The Columnist

by Anton Bitel

This blood-lashed black comedy takes aim at rightist trolls as it explores the limits of free speech.

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Discover this gross-out ’90s high school movie by way of Jurassic Park

by Anton Bitel

Starring Denise Richards and an animatronic dino, Tammy and the T‑Rex is one of the decade’s campiest curios.
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Discover this newly restored Hitchcock aping cult horror

by Anton Bitel

With its surreal premise and zoological themes, Richard Franklin’s Link remains a most curious creature.
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Discover the devilish pleasures of this Roger Corman chiller

by Anton Bitel

The cult director’s 1964 Edgar Allan Poe adaptation The Masque of the Red Death sees Vincent Price sell his soul.
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Discover the military thriller that put Park Chan-wook on the mapf

by Anton Bitel

2000’s JSA – Joint Security Area was one of the first significant films of the so-called Korean Wave.
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Discover this early Samuel Fuller noir set in Tokyo’s criminal underworld

by Anton Bitel

House of Bamboo, one of the first American features to be shot in Japan, is as hard-boiled as they come.
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Archenemy

by Anton Bitel

Joe Manganiello stars in this sort-of superhero origin story from director Adam Egypt Mortimer.

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Polytechnique remains a harrowing portrayal of violent misogyny

by Anton Bitel

Denis Villeneuve’s third feature, which respectfully dramatises a real-life school shooting, remains tragically relevant.
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Patrick

by Anton Bitel

One man’s quest to find his missing hammer becomes a profound existential journey in this stripped-down comedy.

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